2.4L / A555 G-Body Custom Mounts

[BadAssPerformance]

Wrote up a little tech article on www.badassperformance.com that I decided to duplicate here on www.turbo-mopar.com... link here:

http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/24L_mounts.html
2.4L/A555 Mounts!

In order to mount the 2.4L engine to the A555 in the Z with enough firewall clearance, custom mounts were fabricated


Passenger Side Mount
The engine came with a passenger side mount from Ohio Rob Pachner which was modeled after the one he used to mount the 2.4L in his '83 Charger. As you see in the pics below it fit quite well in the G-body, however was a little short for the wider engine compartment.
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/OH_PS_mount.jpg
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/OH_PS_mount2.jpg
...and after rotating the motor forward the mount did not exactly line up
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/OH_PS_mount_moved.jpg
Billet aluminum mount to the rescue!
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/BAP_PS_mount.jpg
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/BAP_PS_mount2.jpg
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/BAP_PS_mount3.jpg

Front Mount
The solid front mount that was in the Z bolted to the 2.2L was not going to be able to connect to the 2.4L
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/front_mount_g-body.jpg
A 2.0L/2.4L mount out of a Neon would bolt to the 2.4L but need some help to get to the core support.
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/front_mount_neon.jpg
After some minor band-sawing and tack welding, the two mounts became one. Then came the gussets to strengthen it. Not the prettiest but it will get the car running and get re-made when I have time... after it is running.
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/front_mount_fitment.jpg
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/front_mount.jpg
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/front_mount2.jpg
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/front_mount3.jpg
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/front_mount4.jpg

Trans Mount
The trans mount had to be modifed to rotate the motor. This was done before the custom passenger side mount was made.
http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/trans_mount.jpg

[Skibbe]

http://www.badassperformance.com/mrides/z/24L/mounts/front_mount.jpg

Is the Daytona back up to 3000lbs now? :eek:

It looked lighter when it was hiding in the shadows... ;)

[BadAssPerformance]

Is the Daytona back up to 3000lbs now? :eek:

It looked lighter when it was hiding in the shadows... ;)

LOL... Gotta be able to take it from 5k rpm :thumb:

[Pat]

How does the axle alignment look after rotating the motor forward so much? What was the clearance issue?

[BadAssPerformance]

I kinda rotated it about the axle center, ended up within 3/16 of an inch of where it was :thumb:

Clearance issue was the comp housing touching the firewall with the POS OBX header.

[www.turbogod.com]

I made some mounts for the lbody to take the 2.4 srt4
If i had the demand i would do the daytonas
www.srt4omni.com (http://www.srt4omni.com) I am just playing around and got 8 sets laser cut.. and i built my first set and wanted to be able to remove the mount by the timing cover while it was in the car and i waned part of the mount to hang over the frame just incase the bolt broke the motor wouldnt fall like i seen in an srt4. what do u guys think about th design?